Disinfecting device.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD L. BRIGGS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DISlNFECTlNG DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,777, dated July 15, 1902.

Application filed December 4,1901. Serial No. 84,627. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.- Y Y Be it known that I, EDWARD L. BRIGGS, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Disinfecting and Deodorizing Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to disinfecting and deodorizing devices; and it consists of the novel features herein shown, described, and claimed.

My object is to construct a disinfecting and deodorizing device; and my invention consists of a bottle; an integral neck formed on said bottle, said bottle and said neck being composed of porous burnt clay; a hanger formed of wire twisted around the said neck and around said bottle and extending from said bottle, as required, to hold the bottlesuspended with'the neck extending downwardly; a covering cast around said bottle with the said neck extending through the covering, and a stopper for said neck.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the bottle 1 is spherical in form and is preferably made of burnt clayor other similar porous material. The neck 2 is formed integral with the bottle 1 and has an opening to receive'a cork 3. The hanger 4 is formed by twisting a wire around the neck and around the bot tle and extending from the bottle, as required, to suspend the bottle with the neck depending downwardly. The covering 5 is cast around the bottle with the neck extending through the covering. The covering 5 maybe of any chemical combination that'will abizing compound placed in the bottle, which 0 may be a liquid or a powder. 1

The disinfecting and deodorizing compound is placed in the bottle, the cork is placed tightly in position, and the device is hung in the desired place. The compound will pass slowly through-the burnt clay of the bottle I and through the covering and will be gradually and steadily mixed with the atmosphere.

The hanger 4: serves as a handle for holding the bottle upright While it is being filled. 1f the hanger were applied to hold the bottle right side up, the hanger would be in the way of the stopper and it could not conveniently be used as a handle in filling the bottle.

I claim A disinfecting and deodorizing device comprising a porous bottle; a neck formed integral with said bottle; a hanger formed by twisting a wire around said neck and around said bottle and extending from the bottle as required to suspend the bottle with the neck depending downwardly, said hanger also serving as a handle in filling the bottle; and a covering cast around said bottle with the neck extending through the covering, said hanger alsoextending through the covering.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD L. BRIGGS.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EIoKs, EDWARD E. LoNe'AN. 

